21 Bible Verses about Controlling Anger

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,